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Ryan Adams Answers Is This It?
Published 11/17/2008 by laura at The Modern Age
There’s a column in the Guardian newspaper called “Is This It?” [sic] where they ask celebs questions that are taken from song lyrics. My friend Imran sent over the latest one done by D. Ryan Adams. As you can imagine, the repsonses are somewhat hilarious. Examples: Who wrote the book of love? I don’t know but, whoever it is, when I find them I’m going to beat that person senseless. Why? Because when they wrote that book, they obviously forgot to put the warning on the front. And now ...

Robert Downey Jr.’s Next Movie to Be Awesome
Published 11/17/2008 at Vulture
... "You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army and I take no prisoners." —Ryan Adams [Guardian] ...

Ryan Adams Disses R.E.M., The Killers, Not Oasis
Published 11/19/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... thumbnail icon: Ryan Adams Disses R.E.M., The Killers, Not Oasis Ryan's unadulterated love for the Gallaghers is rubbing off in all the wrong ways. Unless you're a hot beef-craving blogger (nullus?) who scours the web for this sort of stuff, in which case nevermind Ryan, you're doing great. Actually reader Danielle did the scouring for us this time, pointing to Ryan's "Is This It?" feature for the Guardian where the estimable British publication poses existential lyrical questions ("Where's your head at?", "Who got da funk", etc.) and asks for freely associated answers. So ...

Ryan Adams Tosses Barbs at The Killers, R.E.M.
Published 11/19/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... has taught Ryan Adams a thing or two about starting a rock feud. In an interview with The Guardian, Adams responded to the question “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” with an assault on R.E.M. “I mean, seriously, who is Kenneth? The answer should be, ‘Hey Michael [Stipe], what would happen if you sat down and actually thought this shit out for 10 minutes?,’” Adams said. “I mean, no offense but there’s a slight difference between Monster and Fables Of The Reconstruction and we all know what ...

Ryan Adams, How We’ve Missed You
Published 27 days ago by Mayer Danzig at Twangville
From a recent Q&A with Ryan Adams in the UK newspaper the Guardian: What’s the frequency, Kenneth? I mean, seriously, who is Kenneth? The answer should be, “Hey Michael [Stipe] what would happen if you sat down and actually thought this shit out for 10 minutes?” I mean, no offence but there’s a slight difference between Monster and Fables Of The Reconstruction and we all know what that is; it’s a level of giving a fuck. $80m will do that to anyone who has a credit card and access to a Barney’s. I ...